What makes passion beautiful, including the first two examples above (my roommate [snaketies] and my girlfriends father [the rock group]) is that it drives people to do things with no guarantee of success or future reward. Taking it one step further – I would argue that truly passionate people would still pursue their dreams, even if they knew with absolute certainty that they would fail. It’s not the expectation of reward, or where you hope to end up. Rather, it’s the love of the journey – that’s the important part.

Andrew, right on! Ease into the center lane of your passion and accelerate with eyes forward and constantly on all mirrors. The drive will be full of interesting, happy accidents and discoveries — for sure, endless suprises and new beginnings, all fully deserved and awaiting your embrace. Continue to live an enlivened life. Vic